"I didn't like books where people played on a sports team and won a bunch of games, or went to summer camp and had a wonderful time. I really liked a book where a witch might cut a child's head off or a pack of angry dogs might burst through a door and terrorize a family."
Daniel Handler is an American writer and musician. He is best known for his children's book series-turned-franchise A Series of Unfortunate Events, published under the Pen Name Lemony Snicket, but has also written several books under his real name. He's also a professional accordionist, having played for several bands including The Magnetic Fields.
Books
As Lemony Snicket
- A Series of Unfortunate Events (1999–2006)
- Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography (2002)
- All the Wrong Questions (2012–2015)
- Poison For Breakfast (2021)
Picture books
- The Baby In The Manger (2002)
- The Lump Of Coal (2004)
- The Latke Who Couldnt Stop Screaming (2007)
- The Composer Is Dead (2009)
- 13 Words (2010)
- The Dark (2013)
- 29 Myths on the Swinster Pharmacy (2014)
- Goldfish Ghost (2017)
- The Bad Mood And The Stick (2017)
- Swarm Of Bees (2019)
As Daniel Handler
- The Basic Eight (1998)
- Watch Your Mouth (2000)
- How To Dress For Every Occasion By The Pope (2005)
- Adverbs (2006)
- Why We Broke Up (2011)
- We Are Pirates (2014)
- All The Dirty Parts (2017)
- Bottle Grove (2019)
Film and television
- Kill the Poor (2003): Writer
- Rick (2003): Writer
- A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017): Executive producer, writer, theme music composer